Can you hear that? I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal... It's George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone." The stereo isn't on. The car isn't even running. But you hear that song quite clearly as you approach this wagon. Yep, you heard that right. It's a badass wagon we're talking about. Think that's an oxymoron? Think again. Even if it wasn't as black as Satan's pupils, it would still qualify as evil looking. But this particular sample is black and therefore perfect. So sinister and muscular and functional.We'll admit that wagons aren't everybody's first choice for a cool conveyance, but if utility is high on your list of priorities, they have SUVs and vans beat by a mile in our book. Wagons offer just as much cargo room without sacrificing a car's typically better ride, handling, braking and acceleration.
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Think of this shirk Magnum SRT8 as a steed with a very big torso. So the car is beautiful clever to instigate with. These LX cars have been quite successful for Chrysler, and for good wits. Based on an elder E-flair Mercedes platform, they offer rear-urge, detailed-extent comfort in a more refined wrap than many American buyers are worn to. All that at a bargain basement penalty too. The Hemi storys in particular offer a lot of bang for the dough. But when you add the SRT badge, effects rapidly get more than a little wicked. Chrysler has promised a freshened Magnum for 2008, but when we got the call to urge a 2007, we still felt compelled to give it a reel.
grasp the skip to come along for the ride. corridor: shirk Magnum SRT8 Drivetrain.All conversations about the SRTs instigate and end with the engine. In place of the already hot 5.7-liter Hemi, goes a smokin' 6.1-liter story with an additional 80 hp. The road and Racing Technology engineers work their black perfect, and on goes the classic Hemi ginger thwart and black valve disguise paint to recap us of the heritage of this legendary forceplant. Those namesake hemispherical combustion chambers were seen as the obtain of dominant force back in the day. That's one of the witss Hemi 'Cuda convertibles can give over $2 mil at sale nowadays. That "road HEMI" of the '60s and '70s twisted a not coincidental 425-horseforce from its 426 cubic inches of displacement.
nowadays's Hemi gets a parallel yield from minus than 90% of that displacement. And that force is open at the dip of a toe, no issue how express you're leaving or what gear you're in.The SRT lineup starts with your run-of-the-crush 5.7, then bores the cylinders by 3.5mm, increases the compression ratio from 9.6:1 to 10.3:1, redesigns the cylinder heads, intake and exhaust systems for improved course, and bumps the redline from 5,000 to 6,000 rpm. There's actually not a lot left from the pattern 5.7 when they are through with it. Valves, cams, manifolds, rods, pistons, eccentric, oil pan...all get misused.
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The thwart is even given more reinforcement. The findings is seemingly endminus murmur when you want it. yield is rated at 425 bhp @ 6000 rpm and 420 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm and feels at slightest that strapping. heaps of force served up just raw enough to have creature. No Audi RS4 replacement, but more than good enough in its own right.
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